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Driven By Research The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is the only research-based organization working behind-the scenes in the entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need for gender balance, reducing stereotyping and creating a wide variety of female portrayals for children’s entertainment.
Driven By Research The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is the only research-based organization working behind-the scenes in the entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need for gender balance, reducing stereotyping and creating a wide variety of female portrayals for children’s entertainment.
Driven By Research The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is the only research-based organization working behind-the scenes in the entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need for gender balance, reducing stereotyping and creating a wide variety of female portrayals for children’s entertainment.
Driven By Research The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is the only research-based organization working behind-the scenes in the entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need for gender balance, reducing stereotyping and creating a wide variety of female portrayals for children’s entertainment.
Driven By Research The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is the only research-based organization working behind-the scenes in the entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need for gender balance, reducing stereotyping and creating a wide variety of female portrayals for children’s entertainment.
Driven By Research The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is the only research-based organization working behind-the scenes in the entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need for gender balance, reducing stereotyping and creating a wide variety of female portrayals for children’s entertainment.
Driven By Research The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media is the only research-based organization working behind-the scenes in the entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need for gender balance, reducing stereotyping and creating a wide variety of female portrayals for children’s entertainment.
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Gender in Media News

MARCH 11, 2014 Beyonce & Jennifer Garner's "Ban Bossy" Campaign is Girl Power Done Right

Along with Jennifer Garner, Jane Lynch, and others, Beyonce is starring in Ban Bossy, a new campaign set to rid the word “bossy” from our vocabularies and encourage more girls to be leaders. They have teamed up to voice their frustration with the word “bossy,” which they argue is a derogatory term only ever applied to women and girls. Read More...

MARCH 6, 2014 Oscar winner to speak at Miami University

Academy Award winning actress Geena Davis will present the keynote address at Miami University’s inaugural Women in Leadership Symposium on April 3. The symposium has a theme of “Making our Mark” and is intended to inspire and empower women to leave their mark on the world through leadership and giving back. Read More...

MARCH 5, 2014 Changing Media to Empower Girls - Become an Institute Member!

Engage with like-minded individuals, all passionate about improving gender portrayals in media for our children and the rest of the world. Expand your relationships with corporate executives and leading content creators who are working on the cutting edge of the latest research and programming to shape the media’s gender landscape. Read More...

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Women on Broadway: New Study Reveals Grim Statistics

Only 14 percent of 2012-2013 productions on Broadway were directed by women. As it turns out, the Great White Way isn’t so great for females. A new study compiled from Internet Broadway Database reveals troubling statistics for women when it comes to leadership roles on Broadway. Read More...

FEBRUARY 20, 2014 Nina Tassler Named Chairman of CBS Entertainment

Nina Tassler has been promoted to chairman of CBS Entertainment, and reupped with the Eye through 2017. In her new post, Tassler will continue to report to CBS Corporation prez and CEO Leslie Moonves. “Nina’s creative instincts, programming savvy and leadership skills have helped form a hit-making machine that has fueled the network’s success and benefited the company’s bottom line,” said Moonves. Read More...

FEBRUARY 19, 2014 Women's Media Center Report: Women on Film Are Silent and Naked

An avalanche of new surveys, studies and reports point to stubborn gender inequality in how women are employed and represented in news, entertainment and technology-related media. At its current pace, it will take until 2085 for women to reach parity with men in leadership roles in government/politics, business, entrepreneurship and nonprofits. Read More...

FEBRUARY 18, 2014 Six Women-Directed Projects to be Funded by Tribeca Film Institute

For the last eleven years, Tribeca Film Institute's All Access (TAA) has supported ten film projects in the U.S. and Puerto Rico whose helmers come from typically underrepresented communities with grants of $15,000. This year, six of the ten selected projects are directed or co-directed by women. Read More...

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 UCLA Releases Scathing Report on Diversity in Film and TV

The Bunche Center at UCLA has released its annual "Hollywood Diversity Report" to remind us that we're still nowhere near where we should be in terms of gender and racial diversity. "When media images are rooted primarily in stereotype, inequality is normalized and is more likely to be reinforced over time through our prejudices and practices." Read More...

FEBRUARY 11, 2014 Geena Davis: The portrayal of women in media

Davis discussed the lack of parity in media and its effect on young girls. "The more hours of TV a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life." She asked the MAKERS Conference, "What if unconscious gender bias is a much deeper problem than we've ever imagined?" and showed the challenges women face in media. Read More...

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 Hasbro Q4 and full-year sales favor girls over boys

Sluggish holiday toy sales weren’t just reserved for Mattel – Hasbro reported a dip in its Q4 2013 net earnings following a decrease in demand for boy-skewing brands. The Girls category increased 26% to reach a record US$1 billion in revenues thanks to success of Furby and My Little Pony brands. Read More...

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